drunk driver

noun

variants or drunken driver
chiefly US
: a person who drives a vehicle while drunk
He was killed by a drunk driver.

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After losing her 6-year-old daughter to a tragic accident, one mother honored her child through friendship bracelets at the 2024 Era’s Tour Comments Diane Harrell lost her daughter, Isla Grace, in March 2024 after a tragic accident involving a drunk driver. Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025 The study evaluated cities based on metrics such as number of people killed in fatal crashes, total crashes, crashes involving a drunk driver, crashes involving a distracted driver and crashes involving speeding. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025 On March 28, 2024, Diane Harrell and Isla Grace were struck by a drunk driver traveling 110mph just outside their neighborhood. Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025 Trinity Shockley stopped by the station today to thank the officers that responded when she was hit by a drunk driver.... Lex Harvey, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drunk driver

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“Drunk driver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk%20driver. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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